Reed City native performs in honors recital at Concordia
From staff reports
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Students selected to perform in the Spring 2021 Honor Recital March 30 are: (back row, from left) Bethany Zeckzer, Hannah Cmeyla, Olivia Leising and Jacee Pfeifer; (middle row, from left) Shanda Fujan, Makenna Clovis and Renata Peperkorn; and (front row, from left) Thomas Schulteis, Nathan Johnson, Avery Kesar and Calvin Rohde. (Courtesy/Concordia University)
SEWARD, Neb. Reed City s Calvin Rohde, a sophomore at Concordia University in Nebraska, performed with other music students in the 2021 Spring Honors Recital on March 30.
The semiannual honor recital at Concordia showcases the vocal and instrumental talents of student musicians. Musicians are chosen to perform based on auditions judged by music department faculty. The recital is held twice a year, once each semester. This years spring recital was livestreamed on the music department s Facebook page.
Lincoln considers steps to avoid flooding
RILEY JOHNSON, Lincoln Journal Star
April 11, 2021
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Lincoln’s defenses against Salt Creek flooding will face a stiffer test against heavier rains in the future, a study commissioned by the city found.
The city installed the Salt Creek levee system in the 1960s to withstand a 50-year flood, or a flow that has a 2% annual chance of occurring, the study said.
Since then, the city has had three floods equal to or exceeding a 50-year flood level and one, in May 2015, that exceeded the 100-year flood level.
“It’s protected us pretty well so far,” Lincoln’s Assistant Director for Utilities Donna Garden told the Lincoln Journal Star in an interview last week.
Authorities investigating after Nebraska inmate attacked
April 5, 2021
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TECUMSEH, Neb. (AP) Law enforcement and prosecutors are investigating after an inmate at the state prison in Tecumseh was attacked and repeatedly stabbed over the weekend.
The attack happened late Saturday morning in the prison’s outside yard, when two inmates cut and stabbed another inmate in his arms and torso, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
Prison staff found two homemade weapons, and an investigation into the assault has begun. Prison officials say the Johnson County Attorney will review the findings of the investigation to determine whether to pursue criminal charges.
Meanwhile, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services will go through its disciplinary process to punish the attackers by such means as docking good-time privileges..
Omaha man accused of pointing gun at process server
April 3, 2021
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A 57-year-old man loaded a round into a shotgun and pointed it at a process server who had arrived at his Omaha home to serve him civil papers, authorities say.
The man was booked into jail on suspicion of terroristic threats and two counts of possession of a weapon by a prohibited person, The Omaha World-Herald reports.
The confrontation happened Thursday morning when the process server introduced himself as an employee of the Douglas County Sheriff s Office. The sheriff s office said the man then walked away, returned with a shotgun, racked a round, pointed it at the worker and ordered him off his property.